West Philippine Sea
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Sovereign rights protected in MOU with China, says Carpio
MANILA – Retired Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio believes China will comply with the arbitral ruling in the South China Sea with the Memorandum of Understanding it signed with the Philippines on joint oil and gas exploration. “Yes, I believe so, and to quote Secretary Teddyboy Locsin: ‘We are almost there,’” Carpio said in a speech he delivered at…
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Vietnam mulls legal action over South China Sea dispute
HANOI — Vietnam could explore legal action among various options in its territorial dispute with powerful neighbor China in the South China Sea, a senior government official said on Wednesday. Frictions have grown between the two communist-run nations since Beijing in July sent a ship for a months-long seismic survey to an area internationally designated as Vietnam’s exclusive economic…
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Maritime law expert cautions Philippine on Code of Conduct
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines should tread carefully in adopting a Code of Conduct (COC) in the South China Sea as such document would only legitimize Beijing’s incredible maritime claim, according to a maritime law expert. In an interview with “The Chiefs” Thursday night on One News-Cignal TV, Jay Batongbacal, director of the UP Institute for Maritime Affairs and…
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Accepting The Nine-Dash-Line? Philippines To Resume Stamping Controversial Chinese Passports
The Philippine Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Jaime H. Morente has released a statement that Chinese regular e-passports will have Philippine visas stamped directly on them instead of a separate paper. The question remains: Is this an action simply to address security concerns or is it a sign that the Philippines is growing more accepting of the Nine-Dash Line,…
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China fury: Beijing launches furious attack on Pompeo ‘Stop JABBERING!’
CHINA has launched a stinging attack on US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, branding his recent criticism of the Chinese Communist Party “extremely dangerous” and ordering him to stop “jabbering on”. Last month, Mr Pompeo stepped up US rhetoric against China’s ruling Communist Party, saying Beijing was focused on international domination and needed to be confronted, prompting China to…
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China Warns Vietnam to Not ‘Complicate’ South China Sea Dispute By Seeking Legal Arbitration
On Friday, China pushed back on a suggestion from a senior Vietnamese official that the country would be willing to pursue international arbitration over its disputes with Beijing in the South China Sea. On Wednesday, Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung, speaking at a conference, said that Hanoi would look to arbitration and litigation if negotiations with China…
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Chinese scientists test underwater drone designed for South China Sea
China has developed a long-range underwater drone designed to extend the range of its activities in the South China Sea. The autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) Sea-Whale 2000 recently completed a non-stop 37-day test run in the South China Sea over a distance of 2,011km (1,250 miles), the Chinese Academy of Sciences said on Tuesday. The mission path remained a…
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U.S.: China claim to Sea ‘preposterous’
Why millennials see destructive socialism as cool China’s claim to own the South China Sea are “preposterous” and illegal, according to a State Department report made public this week. Beijing’s “maritime claims in the South China Sea, exemplified by the preposterous ‘Nine-Dash Line,’ are unfounded, unlawful and unreasonable,” states the report on U.S. policy supporting a free and open…
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South China Sea alert: Trump’s no show sparks furious diplomatic row with ASEAN leaders
THE Bangkok summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) concluded on Monday with the outbreak of an unseemly diplomatic spat between ASEAN states and the US over the South China Sea. ASEAN heads of state were deeply disappointed that Donald Trump chose not to attend the summit and sent a low-level diplomatic delegation instead, headed by Trump’s…
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1982 UNCLOS helps shape order at oceans and seas
As part of the ongoing 11th South China Sea International Conference in Hanoi, delegates on November 6 afternoon attended a special session marking the 25th anniversary of the entry into force of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and 25 years since Vietnam approved the convention. Hanoi (VNA) – As part of the…